KOFUJI Rumiko - Directory of Researchers at Kanazawa University

Faculty, Affiliation

Faculty of Biological Science and Technology,Institute of Science and Engineering

College and School Educational Field

Division of Natural Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Course in Biosystems, School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering

Laboratory

Laboratory for plant developmental biology

Academic Background

【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
Kanazawa University　Doctor　Graduate School, Division of National Science and Technology (except Gakushuin University, Konan University)　199703　Completed
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
Kanazawa University　1990

Career

Kanazawa University　School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering　assistant professor(2018/04/01-)
Kanazawa University　Division of Natural System, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology　assistant professor(2008/04/01-2018/03/31)
Kanazawa University　Division for Life Sciences(2001/04/01-2008/03/31)
National Institute for Basic Biology　Division of Speciation Mechanisms II(1997/04/01-2000/03/31)

Year & Month of Birth

Academic Society

Society of Evolutionsry Studies, Japan

Award

Specialities

Evolutionary biology、Biodiversity/Systematics、Morphological Evolution Phylogeny Speciation

Speciality Keywords

Land Plants, Phylogeny, Evolution, Morphogenesis, Bryophytes

Research Themes

Evolution of morphogenesis in land plants

Study of developmental mechanism of the moss Physcomitrella patens

Evolution of reproductive organs in gametophyte generation in land plants

Books

　Rumiko Kofuji, Takeshi Yoshimura, Haruko Inoue, Keiko Sakakibara, Yuji Hiwatashi, Tetsuya Kurata, Tsuyoshi Aoyama, Kunihiko Ueda, and Mitsuyasu Hasebe　 Gametangia development in the moss Physcomitrella patens. In The moss Physcomitrella, D. Cove, F. Perroud, and C. Knight, eds. Annual Plant Reviews, Volume36, pp. 167-181.　Wiley-Blackwell　2009/06

Papers

　Physcomitrium LATERAL SUPPRESSOR genes promote formative cell divisions to produce germ cell lineages in both male and female gametangia　Yuta Horiuchi, Naoyuki Umakawa, Rina Otani, Yosuke Tamada, Ken Kosetsu, Yuji Hiwatashi, Rena Wakisaka, Saiko Yoshida, Takashi Murata, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Masaki Ishikawa, Rumiko Kofuji　New Phytologist　2024/12/31　
　The transcription factor PpRKD evokes female developmental fate in the sexual reproductive organs of Physcomitrium patens　Emiko Yoro, Seiya Suzuki, Nobuhiro Akiyoshi, Rumiko Kofuji, Keiko Sakakibara　New Phytologist　245　2　653-667　2024/11/22　
　Natural Hybrids between Osmunda japonica and Plenasium banksiifolium (Osmundaceae) and the Implications for Reproductive Barriers　 Nakakita, Rumiko Kofuji, Chie Tsutsumi, Satoshi Nanami, Toshihiro Yamada　Acta Phytotax. Geobot.　74　3　157-170　2023/10/31
　GRAS transcription factors regulate cell division planes in moss overriding the default rule　Ishikawa M, Fujiwara A, Kosetsu K, Horiuchi Y, Kamamoto N, Umakawa N, Tamada Y, Zhang L, Matsushita K, Palfalvi G, Nishiyama T, Kitasaki S, Masuda Y, Shiroza Y, Kitagawa M, Nakamura T, Cui H, Hiwatashi Y, Kabeya Y, Shigenobu S, Aoyama T, Kato H, Murata T, Fujimoto K, Benfey PN, Hasebe M, Kofuji R　PNAS　120　4　120 (4) e2210632120　2023/01/20　
　Morphology and Anatomy of Hornwort　Rumiko Kofuji, Masaki Shimamura　BSJ-Review　12　206-222　2021/07/20　?

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　Physcomitrella MADS-box genes regulate water supply and sperm movement for fertilization　Shizuka Koshimizu, Rumiko Kofuji, Yuko Sasaki-Sekimoto, Masahide Kikkawa, Mie Shimojima, Hiroyuki Ohta, Shuji Shigenobu, Yukiko Kabeya, Yuji Hiwatashi, Yosuke Tamada, Takashi Murata, and Mitsuyasu Hasebe.　Nature Plant　4　36-45　2018/01　
　Antheridial development in the moss Physcomitrella patens: implications for understanding stem cells in mosses　Rumiko Kofuji, Yasushi Yagita, Takashi Murata, Mitsuyasu Hasebe　Philosophical Transactions B　373　1739　2018/01　
　Plastid genome sequences of Gymnochlora stellata, Lotharella vacuolata, and Partenskyella glossopodia reveal remarkable structural conservation among chlorarachniophyte species　Shigekatsu Suzuki, Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Rumiko Kofuji, Mamoru Sugita, Ken-ichiro Ishida　Journal of Plant Research　129　4　581-90　2016/07　
　Eight types of stem cells in the life cycle of the moss Physcomitrella patens　Rumiko Kofuji and Mitsuyasu Hasebe　CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY　17　13-21　2014/02　
　AP2-type transcription factors determine stem cell identity in the moss Physcomitrella patens.　Aoyama T, Hiwatashi Y, Shigyo M, Kofuji R, Kubo M, Ito M, Hasebe M.　DEVELOPMENT　139　17　3120-3129　2012/09　
　Molecular genetic and chemotaxonomic characterization of the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune and its neighboring species.　Arima H, Horiguchi N, Takaichi S, Kofuji R, Ishida K, Wada K, Sakamoto T.　FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY　79　1　34-45　2012/01　
　Transient transformation of a chlorarachniophyte alga, Lotharella amoebiformis (Chlorarachniophyceae), with uidA and egfp reporter genes　Hirakawa Y, Kofuji R, Ishida K　JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY　44　3　 814-820　2008/06　
　Phylogeny and nucleomorph karyotype diversity of Chlorarachniophyte algae　Silver TD, Koike S, Yabuki A, Kofuji R, Archibald JM, Ishida K.　JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY　54　5　403-410　2007/09　
　A novel treatment system of wastewater contaminated with copper by a moss.　Kobayashi F, Kofuji R, Yashima Y, Nakamura Y　BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL　28　3　295-298　2006/03　
　Evolution and divergence of the MADS-box gene family based on genome-wide expression analyses.　Kofuji R, Sumikawa N, Yamasaki M, Kondo K, Ueda K, Ito M, Hasebe M.　MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION　20　12　1963-77　2003/12　
　Involvement of auxin and a homeodomain-leucine zipper I gene in rhizoid development of the moss Physcomitrella patens.　Sakakibara K, Nishiyama T, Sumikawa N, Kofuji R, Murata T, Hasebe M.　DEVELOPMENT　130　20　4835-46　2003/10　
　Two ancient classes of MIKC-type MADS-box genes are present in the moss Physcomitrella patens.　Katrin Henschel, Rumiko Kofuji, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Heinz Saedler, Thomas Münster, Günter Theißen　MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION　19　6　801-814　2002/06　
　Evolution of MADS-box genes and reproductive organs in land plants　46　10　1358-1366　2001/08
　Isolation and phylogenetic analysis of MADS genes from the fern Ceratopteris richardii.　J. Phytogeogr. & Taxon.　45　83-91　1997
　Regulatory genes of flower development: members of the MADS box gene family　39　15　2570-2579　1994/11
　Molecular phylogeny in the Lardizabalaceae.　Kofuji R, Ueda K, Yamaguchi K, Shimizu T　JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH　107　339-348　1994/09　
　Phylogenetic relationships of ferns deduced from rbcL gene sequence.　Hasebe M, Ito M, Kofuji R, Ueda K, Iwatsuki K.　JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION　37　5　476-482　1993/11　
　Phylogeny of gymnosperms inferred from rbcL gene sequences.　Hasebe, M., Kofuji, R., Ito, M., Kato, M., Iwatsuki, K., Ueda, K.　JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH　105　1080　673-679　1992/12　
　Phylogenetic relationships in Gnetophyta deduced from rbcL gene sequences.　Hasebe, M., Ito, M., Kofuji, R., Iwatsuki, K., Ueda, K　JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH　105　1079　385-391　1992/09

Conference Presentations

Others

Arts and Fieldwork

Patent

Theme to the desired joint research

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

○「陸上植物の原始形質を探る~ツノゴケからのアプローチ~」(2021-2024)　
○「半数体世代の両性花進化をもたらす雌雄決定原理」(2022-2026)　
○「造卵器・造精器形成に基づく陸上植物基部大系統の質的分子系統解析」(2018-2021)　
○「小葉類開墾者仮説がもたらす根の初期進化研究の新展開」(2018-2020)　
○「植物発生進化のグランドプランとしての細胞分裂軸制御機構とその時空間制御機構の解明」(2016-2020)　
○「低温依存的雑種形成が切り拓く植物多様性研究の新展開」(2015-2017)　
○「コモウセンゴケ複合体におけるジェネティック、エピジェネティックな種分化機構の解析」(2007-2009)　
○「花期に関与する遺伝子を指標とした交雑起源種の種分化機構の解析」(2002-2004)　
○「造卵器・造精器から見た陸上植物における生殖器官の進化」(2001-2002)　

Competitive research funding,Contribution

Collaborative research,Consignment study

Classes (Bachelors)

○Biology for Education(2023)
○Biology for Education(2023)
○Biology for Education(2023)
○Phylogenetic Systematics Lab(2023)
○Biodiversity and Evolution B(2023)
○Taxonomy B(2023)
○Basic Biology Lab 1(2023)
○Physiology 1A(2023)
○Biodiversity and Evolution A(2023)
○Guide to Biology and Bioengineering A(2023)
○Introduction to Region-studies(2023)
○Experiments in Biology(2023)

Assistant Professor　KOFUJI Rumiko

Faculty, Affiliation

College and School Educational Field

Laboratory

Academic Background

Career

Year & Month of Birth

Academic Society

Award

Specialities

Speciality Keywords

Research Themes

Evolution of morphogenesis in land plants

Study of developmental mechanism of the moss Physcomitrella patens

Evolution of reproductive organs in gametophyte generation in land plants

Books

Papers

Conference Presentations

Others

Arts and Fieldwork

Patent

Theme to the desired joint research

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Competitive research funding,Contribution

Collaborative research,Consignment study

Classes (Bachelors)

Classes (Graduate Schools)

International Project

International Students

Lecture themes

Others (Social Activities)

Assistant Professor KOFUJI Rumiko

Faculty, Affiliation

College and School Educational Field

Laboratory

Academic Background

Career

Year & Month of Birth

Academic Society

Award

Specialities

Speciality Keywords

Research Themes

Evolution of morphogenesis in land plants

Study of developmental mechanism of the moss Physcomitrella patens

Evolution of reproductive organs in gametophyte generation in land plants

Books

Papers

Conference Presentations

Others

Arts and Fieldwork

Patent

Theme to the desired joint research

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Competitive research funding,Contribution

Collaborative research,Consignment study

Classes (Bachelors)

Classes (Graduate Schools)

International Project

International Students

Lecture themes

Others (Social Activities)

Assistant Professor　KOFUJI Rumiko